GAINESVILLE -- Florida safety Jamar Hornsby used a credit card belonging to the father of a deceased former UF student more than 70 times and charged more than $2,800 worth of merchandise throughout the state, according to the Alachua County court records.

Hornsby, who has spent two seasons on UF's football team, was arrested around 5:30 a.m. Friday at the Alachua County Jail on charges of misdemeanor credit card theft and felony fraudulent use of a credit card. He surrendered to authorities at the jail and, according to the jail's on-line database, remained in custody there until about 2 p.m. Friday when he was released on his own recognizance.

Hornsby did not return a message left on his cell phone Friday.

Before addressing the Central Florida Gator Club on Friday night, Coach Urban Meyer said that Hornsby was no longer part of his football program. Hornsby was also arrested last April on misdemeanor criminal mischief charges and was suspended for five games last fall for what Meyer later said was selling his game tickets.

"Every case is different," Meyer said when speaking in general about disciplining players. "Every situation is different. You've got to dig in deep."

The card Hornsby allegedly used from last October through April, according to court documents, belonged to James Slonina, father of former UF student Ashley Slonina. Ashley was killed in an Oct. 12 motorcycle accident that also killed Michael Guilford, a walk-on for UF's football team and a former teammate of Hornsby.

James Slonina did not return a phone message left Friday at his engineering firm office in Lynn Haven.

A sworn complaint filed earlier this week on behalf of James Slonina states that Hornsby was at Ashley Slonina's Gainesville residence helping to clear her items on the day or the day after her death. Hornsby is accused of first using the card on Oct. 13 at a store in Jacksonville, where he grew up.

The documentation does not spell out how or why Hornsby attained the card. But the theft charges imply that Hornsby, according to James Slonina, was not authorized to make the charges.

Of those 70-plus charges, which totaled $2,856.43, Hornsby made 33 in Alachua County that added up to $1,258.39. Many of the others were made in Jacksonville near his family's apartment on Atlantic Beach Boulevard, which includes several stores and restaurants.

Most of the charges near campus were made at a SW Archer Road location of Kangaroo, a gas station and convenience store chain. Hornsby was caught on video using the card at that location on April 3.

Hornsby's legal timeline adds to the craziness of this case. On Oct. 12, hours after Slonina and Guilford died, Hornsby appeared in Alachua County Court and entered a deferred prosecution agreement linked to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge he picked up during an April altercation.

Later that day, or early the next day, Hornsby visited Slonina's apartment and helped remove her belongings. By the end of Oct. 13, he had used the card in Jacksonville, starting a six-month string of use that ended with him in jail Friday.

Hornsby played in the Gators' first seven games as a redshirt freshman last season, making five tackles. He was reinstated by Meyer for the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. He arrived at UF from Sandalwood High in Jacksonville in 2006 as the No. 3-rated safety prospect in the country, according to Scout.com. He was expected to play a back-up role on defense this fall.